Nice brief commentary by Bruce Riedel “The arrest of a dozen men in four cities in England and Wales Monday for allegedly planning al Qaeda-inspired terror attacks is fueling anew the deep concern among European and U.S. intelligence services that al Qaeda is determined to strike this winter. Sweden has Continue Reading

Self Inflicted Wounds Here is an excellent example of the kind of research that definitely improves our understanding of al Qaida. “ Self Inflicted Wounds: Debates and Divisions within al-Qaida and its Periphery” was released earlier this week and is edited by Assaf Moghadam and Brian Fishman, two of my Continue Reading